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Just in time for halloween.....

Some things are betetr in Affinity Photo and some things are better in LR/Photoshop and most are equal.

Windows 10 is supported till oktober 2025.....so, no hurry there..... Concerning speed increase, it's so marginal, only 2.5 percent on certain brand graphics cards that it's not worth the hassle ...

The tips from the master paid of. You're getting better and better at this, Ray. Excellent work.

I got Topaz sharpen for that.

Haven't encountered artifacts myself but have seen them in the past on test images here on Dpreview. They will get there...just takes time. If you can't wait, purchase DXO with prime denoise.

The processor might be poor, but for noise reduction raw is better.

There's plenty of free images on the web. For the price, the Affinity suite is very capable and in some (many) cases better then Adobe products. I use both, both have their strength and weaknesses. ...

You could use digikam and/or darktable.

Hence the original price.

Excellent job, Ray.

Welcome back, Patsym.

It was $6 and she sold the software to another company. Imagine, coming from $600 to $6.

If it happens non destructive then it is stored during saving the file. Either in the file itself or as a sidecar.

Hi Jack, in case if you want to listen to some of his music: https://www.qobuz.com/nl-nl/interpreter/jean-michel-jarre/download-streaming-albums He's one of the pioneers of instrumental music.

Sorry to hear you had a HDD crash. I still have a back-up on my drive somewhere, Sam. If I find it, I'll send you a PM for your Email address. The last time I checked it was on sale and sold to ...

Now, that is sweet...

Hi Ray, the moment I saw the image, the name Jean Michelle Jarre popped into my mind. And behold, here he is. Nice Colourisation. Who doesn't know Equinoxe etc. Is it you playing on the guitar, Ray?

Hi Ray, great smudge and tribute. Maybe you could do something to the left part of the eye, looks a bit strange.

Another nice painting, Kenmo.